MasterChef finalist unveils new facility at Bridgewater High School

The new facility was official opened by the school’s former student and now professional chef Liam Rogers on Monday.

Liam, who successfully got to the final of MasterChef: The Professionals, has excelled in the food industry since graduating from Bridgewater and has worked in multiple Michelin star restaurants, including the famous Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland.

Liam Rogers shared his culinary skills with an audience of year nine food tech students (Image: Bridgewater High School)

To commemorate the reveal of the new food room in the upper site, Liam was joined by several year nine food tech students who watched in admiration as he served up some fresh delicious food.

He sliced fresh scallops which he delicately built into an intricate rose with courgette. This was topped with beautiful seasonal flowers and topped with real caviar and the dish was finished with a velouté sauce.

Liam created a dish using scallops and caviar for the staff and pupils to try on the day (Image: Bridgewater High School)

Liam explained how ‘we do not always need heat and fire to create wonderful dishes’.

A talk then followed where Liam went into detail about working within the food industry.

Most students and teachers explained how they had never tasted scallops and caviar before but were ‘pleasantly surprised’ at how much they enjoyed them.

The year nine pupils had the opportunity to meet Liam and hear about his journey to becoming a professional chef (Image: Bridgewater High School)

A spokesman from Bridgewater High said: “We are very proud of Liam and everything he has gone on to achieve.

“It is exciting to see what else the future holds for him.

“Thanks for being our special guest and 'opening' the new food room.

“We are sure you will inspire the next generation of food students to cook fantastic dishes in our wonderful new food room.”